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Deminpenn

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7. Fires can generate their own high velocity winds

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jan 12, 2025, 09:20 PM

14 hrs ago

A few years ago, there was a book called The Big Burn iirc about the 1910 fire that burned through Idaho and Montana at the very beginning of the US Forest Service. It described in frightening detail how the fires exploded generating tornado level winds.

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FEMA administrator says L.A. officials were very prepared for wildfires, but they have never seen 100-mile-an-hour winds [View all] BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago OP

Fire ecologist with US Geological Survey: the winds far outweigh the fuel in fire's spread blm 19 hrs ago #1

I've been in front of a wildfire with 100 mph winds--2007 Harris Fire in San Diego's east county. Liberty Belle 18 hrs ago #2

Sounds like the FEMA guy is mistaken, then. The Mouth 16 hrs ago #3

She... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #5

Thanks for the correction. The Mouth 11 hrs ago #10

We've never seen 100 mph winds in our beach towns. Inland desert foothills, yes. This is new. SunSeeker 15 hrs ago #6

Most of that forest land is federal. Do you mean that the US should prepare for this travelingthrulife 2 hrs ago #11

About natural disasters TexasBushwhacker 16 hrs ago #4

Fires can generate their own high velocity winds Deminpenn 14 hrs ago #7

A firefighters' nightmare, they can't even drown it. A fiery whirlwind Historic NY 11 hrs ago #8

LA County has more experience with wildfires pfitz59 11 hrs ago #9